I was bewildered too Janet! Hubby told me to order "black soil". The person I spoke to quoted the price for "top soil". When I asked if they were the same thing he said yes. I'll repeat hubby's explanation the best I can remember it. He used to do landscaping so he's more knowledgeable about this stuff than I am. The dirt that was delivered (top soil) was very light colored which meant little to no nutrients, and had clay which would be detrimental to the veggie plants. He did say that we could buy things to add to it that would make it work. But when the place we'd ordered from offered to bring the right stuff, we took them up on it. It was loose, not in bags. The second batch was darker, hubby said it still wasn't as good as he'd hoped. It also had something in it to help with drainage. Hope all that makes sense!

“It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening.”― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees:

I've got a new computer - I've had it nearly a week and although I've done a file transfer from my laptop, I'm still having to teach this new one how to speak "Tony". I had taught my laptop all sorts of words that I frequently use, such as Discworld, Pratchett, Rincewind and Morpork, but this new one thinks they are all errors. I hate those squiggly red lines that tell me I have spelt something incorrectly, when I haven't. Why doesn't the internal dictionary get transferred as well as the other files?

“Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions.” – Blaise Pascal

It's the things they suggest instead of what you've got that makes me laugh. Why does it suggest "Pritchett" instead of Pratchett? Or Osama instead of Obama?

The red line thing goes back to my schooldays I think and the teacher marking spelling mistakes in an essay (although, to be fair, I did once accidentally leave out the R in "shirt" ). It's like having a schoolteacher sitting looking over your shoulder with a red pen in his/her hand.

“Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions.” – Blaise Pascal

Ok, you made me try it. Mine accepts Obama, but also wants to change Pratchett to Pritchett. Just now, typing this, it's Pritchett that comes up as misspelled. I googled it and there are some companies and another British author by that name.

“It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening.”― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees:

Big day today. Mostly good stuff. The girls are off to work with Derek. It's national Take Your Child to Work day. Sounds like they have a lot of fun stuff planned and the girls are thrilled to play hooky from school.

I'm driving out to see a friend and get my nails done this morning. Wish that were the only thing on my schedule today. As soon as I get back I'll barely have enough time to get a lunch in, then I'll have to go to that meeting at the school. I am so over having school meetings. And after the last one my tolerance level has eroded enough that I'm afraid if I hear one more snitty, passive aggressive comment from that woman, I'll say one of those things I can never take back.

Any positive, staying civil vibes sent my way would be great.

“It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening.”― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees: